road race ghia

roachghia70 · Post by **roachghia70** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:33 am

i had an opportunity to take my ghia to an autocross that takes place on a go-kart track.
it was like running on a really tight road race course.
in the end, i found out that i beat a boxter by 8 seconds, in a 4 minute race!

roachghia70 · Post by **roachghia70** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:27 pm

if the picture isn't coming up, here's a link:

http://community.webshots.com/album/92814066LlrXTT.jpg

there are 3 pictures at the bottom of the album of the yellow ghia.

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 2:04 pm

nOT BAD.. WHAT ARE YOUR ENGINE SPECS, SUSPENSION, ETC....

Glad to hear a Ghia is beating a Boxer, eight seconds is a lot!

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Travis S · Post by **Travis S** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 5:31 pm

Bitchin, I love your car, it is cool, how does it handle, and what mods did you do, did you do anything to fix the termendous lift on those cars?

roachghia70 · Post by **roachghia70** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:16 pm

thanks for the compliments!

the ghia has a stock porsche 2.0 liter engine, and a stock '73 type 1 tranny. both are about due for a rebuild after being beat on so much.

as far as suspension, i am just running kyb gr2 shocks, a big front swaybar, and dropped spindles. the rear is only lowered one notch. i have front and rear disc brakes on it, unfortunately with no e-brake. and some 16x7 inch wheels with nitto drag radials in the rear and street tires up front. front and rear tires are 205/45/16.

it is not a great choice of tire for the track, but that's what's on the car and i'm only doing it for fun. soon i will put some real autocross rubber under it and maybe finally be able to break the rear end loose in the turns! those drag radials sure are grippy, but they have a lot of sidewall flex.

i guess having the front lower than the rear helps with the lift. i have had it up to 110 mph and it doesn't feel like it's floating. i don't think ghias are nearly as bad as bugs.